How the Pathet Lao Overthrew the Monarchy
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- Опубліковано 1 чер 2023
- The Pathet Lao had been embattled in a civil war against the Royal Lao Government for many years, but on December 2nd, 1975, this ended. The Pathet Lao managed to overrun the capital of Laos and to establish a communist government.
This is how the Pathet Lao overthrew the Monarchy with Hindsight.
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MAIN SOURCES:
National day - Birthday of the proclamation of the Democratic Republic of Laos in 1975 (Luangprabang Laos):
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Revolution in Laos - The North Vietnamese and the Pathet Lao (RAND):
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Laos (JFK Library):
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Thank you very much to represent the story of my Lao kingdom.
Thank you for covering this part of History of my homeland.
The Red Prince changed Laos
Now if only more people would inform more people in America that Laos EXISTS...
Hi! A Lao person here. The Communist took over Vientiane Capital on Aug 23rd actually. Dec 2nd is when they established Lao PDR.
Yeah, this guy makes many mistakes. Likewise, Souvanna Vong WAS NOT a brother of the King, but his cousin. Vientiane is not well located on the map, etc.
That's how I came into the world, my half Laotian/Vietnamese great grandma married a Japanese general. They came to support us against the French, with the support of the monarch family. My family supported the US in their campaign which got all the men in my moms family side beheaded. Being related to the royal house meant death. Only way the women survive was to hide amongst the commoners and escape to thailand. The 3 headed 🐘 flag will always be our treasure.
you are making up that they got beheaded. that literally did not happen lmfao stop lying
also a ton of the early pathet lao leaders were related to local aristocratic families. being related to the "royal house" did not mean death stop spouting bullshit
Haha your elephant lost its three heads you oligarch sympathizing skóm
You better go get a 23andme kit lol
4:47 It's called Operation Lam Son 719. The South Vietnamese launched the offensive not the US.
There's also the Neutralists which was integral to the fall of the monarchy because of how many coups it caused and how many numbers it boosted the communists in Laos.
The monarchy collapsed through the failure of the govt structure, not through military might unlike in Cambodia and South Vietnam
I love your voice. It matches the suspense thriller of the video. Thanks for covering Laos Civil War..im am a Lao national
Thank you for this
For the Royal Lao Government! LPDR failed to support its people against Chinese sex trafficking and they committed Ethnic cleansing against the Hmong Insurgencies.
Cou Fa, they labeled us the rebels because we were rebellious with their ways. Some of us made it out, some of us became subjective to their laws, and some of us are still hiding today. My Hmong People.
thank you for posting this video because this video help me to do my projact
One error in the video, the capital of Laos (Vientiane) is actually near the border of Thailand in real life. Not above the lake of Nam Ngum
Thanks for this
I barely find any vids on laos and leaders like kaysone phomvihane
Kaysone was a mix-mutt. He was a puppet install by the North Vietnam to control Laos. Kaysone mom is Laos and his dad is vietnamse so he was a mutt
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When i was a teenage punk rocker i used to read books about the Pathet Lao struggle, how husbands and wives fought together against the French. They were my heros like the Spanish anarchists.......i am 57 now...i am still in awe of them.
Thank u much for your sharing of Patet Lao now devil communist.
I dare to say that “ the kingdom of laolanxang “ more developer than now, no matter the cost of living , internationalism, the road and opening worldview.. is sad right now it was not being like that. We are having a bunch of problems in our life
Lmao same here in Canada
Wow and you didn't mention the hmong was the main fighter holding off the pathet laos and north vietnamese. While the royal laos just hide in their kingdom.
Wth are you talking about? Stop teaching hate! That's the problem with some of you. Hmong and Lao people (I'm mixed and since I am born here) I kept hearing from your people about you guys getting picked on during the war. WE all (the civilians) ran, while the military fought. Lao, Thai, and Hmong are all fighting and helping. Lol my dad is Thai and he fought to help Laos too. Everyone was either fighting or running (depending on the individuals). Smh
Thank you for this lao Patriots kingdom government with peace and freedom and respect to all lao peoples and good true brothers family Thailand kingdom government who always big hearts loving neighbors but after communist current government trouble taking over all lao peoples suffering no work no money and no future no freedom trouble to neighbors Thailand kingdom government that lao peoples always depending on for many many years yes all lao peoples needs peace freedom and democracy just like older day good luck to all lao peoples Patriots and thank you again for your show must be true lao Patriots family cherr...
That’s right
Not mentioned was that the Kingdom of Laos was officially neutral in the war. Had the King actually been an official ally of the US much more could have been done.
After the takeover the king and most of his family were rounded up and sent to camps where the all died.
The “Vietnam” War as we say in the US was a much larger post-colonial struggle for power in the vacuum left by the French departure. Unfortunately any efforts we had basically went into supporting the same plans that didn’t work for the French in the first place. That being said, I’m not sorry that we did at least try to keep SE Asia from falling to communism. 50 years later there still is no democracy in the region.
Kuv yog Hmoob, meaning.. I'am Hmong, Hmong means FREE.
My Ancestors were just mountain people who forage within the land, from the Plain of Jars to our mountain top base, Long Tieng (the world's busy airport at that time) our blood flows with the Mekong River into the Mekong Delta. Recruited by the C.I.A and Air America we fought side-by-side with our American Allies. Other's know us as Montagnards. #RIP General Vang Pao my people's Brave Warrior.
Im blessed to be first generation Hmong-American born, im still learning about my roots and im happy today. #StayBlessed 🤟🏼
EDIT - i forgot to mention 😅 i have a picture of my grandpa Captain Xay Tou Hawj when he was a young man, standing in attention with his baby elephant his Men's gifted him when found patrolling. lol, that's pretty awesome 🐘
Didn't General Vang get arrested for trying to take over Laos and got a lot of Hmong people killed because of this? It's a sad story and my heart breaks for my people (Hmong, Lao, Thai). Such a sad story. 💔
3:55 what was France doing fighting in Laos??
France was the colonizer, and colonize the whole region. Which include laos, Cambodia, vietnam.... Until WW2 when the Japanese came and kick out the French. After WW2 those country became independent until Vietnam war happen and the rise of communist in that region.
แอดมิน ช่อง นำเสนอ เนื้อ เรื่อง สนธิสัญญา สยามประเทศ กับ ฝรั่งเศส อธิปไตยเหนือดินแดนฝั่งซ้าย แม่น้ำโขง
God I love Laos! Keep the Lao-posting up! You should make a video about if Laos is still Socialist, bro! 🇱🇦
They seem more Marxist-Leninist when I was there. They still fly Hammer & Sickle flags at the same height or slightly lower than the Lao flag. Very little development like Albania during non-revisionist Marxist era (hardly any foreign investment) and inflation is always 20%-125%.
@@TheFivegoodemperors an Marxist - Leninist government is a dictatorship rule since 1975, the Royal Lao Government in Exile still figuring it out to stop the evil regime from destroying the environment, destroying the forests, building tons of waste dams useless for flooding, and the new regime is a Viet-Pawn. They must change and reform the government by restoring back the old former Laos government, the true government for the people.
@@TheFivegoodemperors Flying a Communist flag doesn’t make it Socialist or Communist. Also inflation ≠ Marxism lol
@2:44 Shouldn’t it be “to the battlefields in South Vietnam”?
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It is fairly easy if you ask me,
1 - North Vietnam supplies most of the man power to overtake small isolated military bases in Laos. Royal Lao disregarding of ethnicity did not have the man power to fight an all-out war from North Vietnam even with American aid. Vietnamese soldiers can be replaced far faster than the right side can recover. Also properganda was used, lying to the people of Vietnam and Laos that they are going to go fight Americans in Laos but at the end its all local ethnic fighting against each other's with zero American ground troops. Brother against brother, dad against son.
2. The major Lao ecthnic soldiers had low morale and didn't want to fight. Whether they lose or win the war, the country is and will still be run by them. After all, it was just two brothers trading blows while the rest of the smaller ethnic group fight their dirty war.
3 - North Vietnam took advantage of the 1973 peace treaty by bringing in more troops into major villages and towns and slowly started the reeducation process while persecuting those who fled to thailand in 1975.
the Vietcongs didn't fight alone, they had the support of communist China, who sent 300,000 train soldiers to help the Viets. and in the air. the communist Soviets sent in their pilots manning the skies to shoot down Americans.
America didn't know about this until almost the end of the war. Had it just been Vietnamese by themselves, they would have lost fighting the South Viets/Americans/Laos/ Cambodians and ethnic minorities. But those two communist countries like China and Soviet change the whole dynamic of the war.
3:55 so crazy to see how unopposed war planes were back in the day and how they could destroy a whole country w one innovation
From this day onward laos no longer have monster, they used to have monster at every corner of the forest
The bombings kill all the ghost and monster
The communists is the monster. Rebellious traitors should be punished, traitor Prince Souphanouvong and his communist followers escaped jail from the Royalists.
Laos now has Ghosts of these Monsters, with millions of unexploded bombs being found, injuring and killing the innocent.
Nếu không có quân đội Hoàng gia Lào và nếu không có sự nhu nhược của chính phủ Hoàng gia Lào ,quân đội Pathet Lào đã lấy lại được Isan vùng đất tổ tiên của người Lào
Ủng hộ Lào từ Việt Nam
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และยอมรับความจริงที่เกิดขึ้นในอดีต หรือที่เรียกว่าประวัติศาสตร์..ไทยส่งทหารสามหมื่นไปช่วยลาว
ตายไปเกือบสามพัน อย่าเป็นคนเนรคุณสิ..ไม่อยากพูดมากกว่านี้
มึงถามคนในภาคอิสานก่อน เขายอมปะเทดลาวหรือไม่..เขาถือสัญชาติไทย และอยู่กับไทยมาหลายร้อยปีแล้ว..
Wake up. And shut up .
Laos people didn't stand with Vietnam but government does.
The big problem with this story is that the Pathet Lao never overthrew the Lao Monarchy... at least, not without the support, advice and leadership of the North Vietnam Army. The Pathet Lao were mere puppets of the NVA and only ever achieved one victory on their own with minimal NVA input. That victory was the takeover of Nam Bac, north of Luang Prabang. Nam Bac was considered "safe" by the Royalist army and as such, had undermanned defences, mostly from untrained recruits and Thai volunteers. It was an easy victory for the undertrained and underequipped Pathet Lao. The half-caste Lao/Vietnamese Pathet Lao leader spent the entire war hiding in a cave in Huaphan, close to the Vietnam border where he could send others out to fight and die in battles whilst he remained in the security of a deep limestone cave, protected by NVA guards and ready to flee across the border to the safety of Vietnam if things went bad. And oddly, he is now revered as a "hero". The Pathet Lao recruited mostly farmers and uneducated rural folk who believed their promises of a better life under communist rule... then promptly went back to being poor and uneducated after the dust settled. The Pathet Lao fabricated the "revolution" under the guise of "ridding Laos of the rich, corrupt elitist government"... then promptly replaced it with their own rich, corrupt elitist government, taking a huge step backward which lasted for almost 30 years! A sad part of Laos' history.
Sad part, how can you said that. At least the Pathet Lao liberated Laos from French colonialism, US imperialism and US imperialist puppet regime of the "Royal Kingdom of Laos".
In the 1930-1960s, just like patriotic Chinese, Vietnamese, Korean and Cuban nationalists who wanted to be either free of European colonialism (case of Vietnam and Laos, fascism and capitalism (China, Cuba and Korea), Laotian nationalists actually asked USA first for help, but USA rejected them because they feared that their interest will deteriorated, like loosing France and UK as an ally or capitalism will be under threat (just because communists asking them for help for national liberation from colonialism), so the Laotian nationalists, asked for USSR and China for help for national liberation instead, and they were granted one.
USA is the one bombing the hell of out Laos during the 1960-1970s for no reason, they justify that this is for freedom and democracy, but this is actually because they don't want that a communist nationalist organisations winning in Laos and Vietnam, therefore threatening interests in south east Asia. Look, this all backfired, North Vietnam invaded and took over South Vietnam and reunified Vietnam under communism and independence has been enjoyed, while the Pathet Lao defeated the "Royal Kingdom of Laos" and liberated Laos as a communist nation, free of US imperialism and independence is enjoyed.
The monarchy voluntarily abdicated in 1975 after the Pathet Lao won against the military junta that overthrew the monarchy in 1959. That's why you have Prince Souphanouvong who became the first president in 1975.
@@reis1185 yeah, he was called the Red Prince.
Lesson learned, never side with the US.
People don't learn.
what gave rise to pathet lao is when the king of lao accepted to agree with france in dividing issan lao which is now thailand. laos only sources was the mekong river. stories people of my grand parents age hated the french. it infuriated my grand parents which turned a chunk of his land into an air strip also jailed him cause his cattle pooped on the air strip is an example. stories of my mom who is 85 yrs grew up hating communist making her listen to there propaganda before going back on the rice fields. she was born in 1940. this is just short story
The monarchy was overthrown by the US-backed military since 1959. The monarchy voluntarily abdicated in 1975 after they defeated the military junta. The monarchy was aligned with the communists mainly Prince Souphanouvong that became the first president of Laos in 1975.
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Wait what i live in that city🤕🤕🤕
thanks for the vid I'm half lao and proud of my country but they are lazy to accelerate modernization life WIFI or 5g lol
Funny is that Laos don't even have a modern city like China or Vietnam. They aren't helping the country but been taking from the country. Imagine US won, Laos could've been decent like Thailand. Just saying.
As a new gen laotian i understand now 🙏 we dont want the communist
We want our king, our freedom and peace
Do more research about the royal laos government you will see they were terribly corrupted. Now look at your neighbor of Thailand is currently in chaos with the royal family.
>king
>freedom
Pick one
@@MH-dy5pbconstitutional monarchy has both if the prime minister is not authoritarian
, That's how the Lao nationalist overthrew the freedom government of neutralism regime.
And Kaisorn the half Viet took all of the credits.
USA is bad ass hell
US occupied the air while North Vietnam occupied the ground.
It's pronounced LAO the S is silent
Only in the Lao language. In English the "s" is indeed pronounced.
And before you launch into a fake anti-colonial rant, try saying and spelling "China" in the original language when referring to the country in English. Or "Korea". Or "Poland". Or "Sweden". Or "Cambodia". Or indeed "Wales" or "Ireland".
@@RobespierreThePoof Yes it was, but I have forgiven him. I'm a softie at heart.
But seriously, I don't like people who jump on others to claim an authority they don't have. The ones that do the sneering "Cheelay" pile-on for "Chile" particularly get my goat, when Chilean officials, when speaking English, are perfectly happy to say "chilly". And particularly when the Chilean word for "Chilean" isn't even "Chilean".
@@steelcrown7130My family is half Laotian, we say Laos when referring to the land.
Excellent; I guessed as much! May you have a delightful spring or autumn, wherever you live.@@MekongMonster
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Pathet Lao means Laotian Nation or Nation of Laos as they wanted freedom from colonizers and away from authoritarian monarchy rule of kings and princes. America try to spin it they were fighting for democracy and freedom when it was the opposite. Nobody wanted kings telling them what to do this is the middle of the 20th century for crying out loud. Every nation pretty much up to that point gotten rid of that nonsense. With a free open democracy the US govt know that is a risk and too hard to control free people so they don't want that. The US govt fought to keep a royal who was bought and paid for puppet for the US government despite what the Laotian wanted that was best for them. This is so America can continue to control Laos as they please if they have an inside man at the top. To do what they best see fit for their benefit not to the benefit of the Laotian people. They never tell you that in the history books they teach. They were originally asking America for help just like Ho Chi Minh ask the US for help to get rid of the French when the French was breaking international law and the Geneva convention and Vietnam's sovereignty and democratically held elections that Ho Chi Minh won fair and square. The US govt still wouldn't recognize him as the true leader and insert themselves into a war none of their concern with Vietnam's civil war due to their propaganda campaign and interests. If they can't have the whole Vietnam they are going to have at least half of it and the best part which is South Vietnam which they just drew up out of thin air. Who is going to say anything when America are allies with the French and the US runs the UN. Laotian independence freedom fighters and Ho Chi Minh's insistent pleas for help fell on deaf ears so they turn to the communist to have them gain their freedom from the French colonizers and that was when history was changed forever. Could of been stopped right then and there but America blew it and Russia and China took advantage of the perfect opportunity when America dropped the ball. If America only had fooled the law and tell the French to knock it off and leave these people be and let them have their freedom. As if not doing anything to help someone who begs for your help for freedom like all nations wants to be America aids the law breakers who likes to subjugate poorer weaker smaller nations they aid the big bigger more powerful bullies just because they are friends. If my friend is the problem I am not going to be helping my friend if they are in the wrong. That is what America did. Imagine if America did the right thing and told the French to get lost but instead they aided the French. That whole area would be enjoy the fruits of capitalism and enjoy democracy, The world would be so much different than it is today. So sad and tragic.
YEs....Of course Pathlet Laos means under Chinese control, Right now Chinese all over the Landlock and take over everything and Pathet Laos can't say shit to Chinese
@@actfg7672 the Pathet Lao is a Pawn, victim to the Viet-Minh, Ho Chi Minh and General Giap. The communist Vietnamese mistreated the Laotian Pathet Lao Military soldiers, inequality and used them to die in the battlefield, lie propaganda. That's why so many Pathet Lao rejoined back the Royalists Army in the 1970's. Untill the Pathet Lao fully seized power and disobey the ceasefire agreement (Vientiane Treaty". Overthrow the Royalists and the dissolved both Coalition government in Laos, created by both factions, Royalists and Communists. The Hmong were right to recontinue the fight against the communists and defend the King and Country.
@@actfg7672 Communist Chinese came in and tooked everything, not even their former Communist allies like Vietnam could help them out...weak. 😂😂 communist Laos should change and restore the old constitution, government, bring back the new King.
@@actfg7672 Reform and Kick out the old Laos communist leaders who seized power to this day.. unbearable shame.
@@FunEntertainment2001 ......Okay the new generations will kick out the OLD Laos communist leaders pretty soon because OLD Laos communist allowed Chinese enter into Landlock to take control everything
"THREE HEADED ELEPHANT FLAG IS THE ONLY FLAG FOR LAOS"
No fucking Thanks
I will forever, remember it as the three headed elephant flag.
Nope. That flag and the main line of the Royal Family were French lovers.
Long live Lao PdR
@SHORTROUND1634 That flag 🇱🇦 and the current "communist" dictatorship are Vietnamese and Chinese lovers.
@@french_lao.32916Better than being French slaves 😂
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This why my family had to flee my homeland, just like so many other Lao Americans. So many families were displaced. I only wonder where we would be today if the outcome was the opposite.
We will be as poor as them. Just saying a lot of families are still living in poverty and rural where there's no job.
@@Emyrtemoc It could be argued that it's the result of the one party state corrupt and incompetent communist rule. Had the Royalists won the country would've been a constitutional monarchy with democratically elected government and been better off for it.
Same here in Canada. We never had that war and were just as poor as them and you now a days.
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ALL this for the USSR to dissolve before i was even born 😂😂. Was this all for nought then??
ຄົນລາວເຂັດຂວາງເຮັດສົງຄາມບໍ່ຂ້າສັດຕູສົງຄາມຂ້າກັນມັນສົງຄາມຄົນບໍ່ມີປັນຍາແທ້ໆ.
Sad day for our country
US lost the war in Laos. Phatet lao won.
Waiting for Laos to actually become a democratic republic like it's name suggests 😅
I respect Laos culture the country and people have respect for Cambodia. Laos teach and tell the real history to there people aboutCamobodia and how Thailand stealing culture and claiming whats not there. Both Cambodia and Laos are Resilience Country while Thai robbed and stole what they could and took advantage of the war that was going on.
Thailand history is propaganda history for Thai people. Thailand history is inconsistent not world history. Khmer people have rights to be mad at Thais. Btw I'm not Cambodian (Khmer). Thais claim take from Lao culture too.
Thailand, just a delightful swim in the Mekong River away from Laos..
@@avusookay6743Why don't say Laos could have been in chaos like Thailand was, until your cropped top Majesty and Mr. Prayut came into power 😂
@@avusookay6743 But you sold some of the territory to Westerner power to gain independence bruh 🤔
South Korea, Singapore then China all overcame Thailand in terms of economy, consider building a republic of Thailand if Vietnam overcome Thailand economy one day 😂